Ba Efeso 3
1 Nkambo kacheechi ime, Pawulu, ndimwaange wa Kkilisito Jesu nkambo kandinywe bamaasi.
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles –
2 Ndasyoma kuti mwakamvwa abubanzi bwaluzyalo bwa Leza obo bwakapegwa kuli ndime nkambo kenu.
For you have heard, I suppose, of the responsible charge with which God entrusted me for your benefit,
3 Ndilikulemba kwindila kuchiyubunuzyo nchindakazibisigwa. Aka nkikasimpe kasisidwe nkindaka mulembela mubufwifwi kulindinywe.
and also that it was by direct revelation that the hidden purpose of God was made known to me, as I have already briefly told you.
4 Nimuyobala aatala azeezi, muyokkonzya kumvwisisisya atala a Kkilisitu.
And, by reading what I have written, you will be able to judge how far I understand this hidden purpose of God in Christ.
5 Kumvwisisisya kwangu muli aka kasimpe tekakazibisigwa kubana babantu. Pesi lino kayubununwa a Muuya kubatumwa bakwe basalala abasinsimi.
In former generations it was not made known to humanity, as fully as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to the apostles and prophets among Christ’s people –
6 Aka kasimpe kasisidwe nkakuti bamasi mbasilukkononyokwe, alimwi mbasizizonyokwe mumubili, alimwi balabilana chisyomezyo muli Kkilisito Jesu kwindila mumakani mabotu.
That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the good news, the Gentiles are coheirs with us and members of one body, and that they share with us in God’s Promise.
7 Eelyo ndakaba mulanda wamakani aya nkwinda kuchipo chaluzyalo lwa Leza ndwindakapegwa kwindila mukubeleka kwanguzu zyakwe.
Of this good news I become an assistant, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise of his power –
8 Kuli ndime - nikuba kuti ndendime munini kuli boonse bantu ba Leza basalala - olu luzyalo wakapegwa, kukukambawuka kuli bamaasi buvubi butayanduliki bwa Kkilisitu
Yes, to me, who am less than the least of all Christ’s people, was this charge entrusted! – to tell the Gentiles the good news of the boundless wealth to be found in the Christ,
9 akweta kumumuni kuli boonse mabambe - ezintu zyakasisidwe kwaminyaka myiingi muli Leza, wakalenga zintu zyoonse. (aiōn g165)
and to make clear what is God’s way of working out that hidden purpose which from the first has been concealed in the mind of the Creator of all things; (aiōn g165)
10 Aya mabambe akazibisigwa kwindila mumbungano kuchitila kuti bendeelezi abasinguzu bamumilenga lenga akujulu bakasike mpubaziba mabazu - mingi abube bwabusongo bwa Leza.
so that now to the archangels and to all the powers on high should be made known, through the church, the all-embracing wisdom of God,
11 Eezi zyakachitika kwindilila kumabambe atamani ayo ngakazuzikizya muli Kkilisito Jesu Mwami wesu. (aiōn g165)
in accordance with that purpose which runs through all the ages and which he has now accomplished in Jesus, the Christ, our Master. (aiōn g165)
12 Eelyo muli Kkilisitu tulijisi busichaamba akuswenenena alusinizyo nkambo kalusyomo.
And in union with him, and through our trust in him, we find courage to approach God with confidence.
13 Nkinkaako ndamukumbila kuti mutalengwani nkambo kamafwabi aangu nkefwabila ndinywe, wo mbobulemu bwenu.
Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honour.
14 Nkambo kaaka ndafugamina Taata amazwi aangu,
For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father –
15 kuzwa kulinguwe zyoonse mpuli zyakujulu aansi ziluzikidwe.
from whom all “fatherhood” in heaven and on earth derives its name –
16 Ndakamba kuti akamupe kwindila kubuumi bwabulemu bwakwe, kuti mukasimisigwe anguzu kwinda kumuuya wakwe oyo uuli mubuntu bwenu bwamukati.
and pray that, in proportion to the wealth of his glory, he will strengthen you with his power by breathing his Spirit into your inmost soul,
17 Ndakomba kuti Kkilisitu akkale mumyoyo yenu kwinda kulusyomo, miyanda yenu antalisyo muluyando lwakwe, kuchitila
so that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; and I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ’s people,
18 kuti muka kkonzye kumvwisisya, antoomwe aboonse bantu ba Leza basalal, kuti mbuubuli busasa, bwanda, bulamfu bwakuya kujulu akunika muluyando lwa Kkilisitu.
have the power to comprehend in all its width and length and height and depth,
19 Akuziba luyando lwa Kkilisitu, lwiinda aluzibo, kuchitila kuti mukazule buzule bwa Leza boonse.
and to understand – though it surpasses all understanding – the love of the Christ; and so be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Lino kuli nguwe oyo ukkonzya kuchita kwindilide kulizyoonse nzitukkumbila naa kuyeya, kwindila kunguzu zyakwe zibeleka mulindiswe,
To him who, through his power which is at work within us, is able to do far more than anything that we can ask or conceive –
